Teachers in Egypt
January 8th 2011 13:51
Teachers in Egypt -
The teachers in Egypt are full of energy, maybe in their first year of teaching that is. This seems to drop and drop, and fluctuates from day to day after their efforts seem to go unseen, unheard, and under valued.
The government don't appreciate the one person that is leading the country to a better position, and that is with our children. Education is one of the sole things that can not be forgotten about. If the children are not given the opportunity to learn, they will not yearn for other opportunities and you will have a lazy society that doesn't know how to work.
Egypt has many smart individuals and I see it first hand in their schools but where is the motivation to continue achieving and continue to study. Nowhere to be seen. It is almost more beneficial to get a job to support yourself than to go on with continuing study. But without the University there will be no real career, but a job to pay bills.
The University's don't seem to care about attendance as long as you meet the exam pass level you have completed university. There are no practical elements to teach people how to act and respond to real working situations and there is a complete lack of problem solving which means initiative is missing altogether. The one way to get this back is to educate children to solve their own problems, and not mouth feed the answers to exams that they need to memorise.
The problem lies in the respect that teachers receive in the society as their salary is lower than the rent and what about food. Out of 10 teachers I know only one or two of them doesn't have a second job. To survive as a teacher in Egypt you must have some other kind of salary to enable to continue. Holding a second job can drain your body, make you less prepared and less motivated to give your class your total attention.
How is it that we can take the opportunity away from children having the best possible education?
And these teachers I know are working in a 'private' school. We can not even discuss the situation in the public schools of Egypt. 60 children to a room. One-third actually opening their ears, and one-third are destined to stay in the house and clean, cook and marry to birth children. When in Australia we are talking about inclusive education to make all differences accepted and such other minor problems, some people in Egypt are still fighting for their right to be educated so they can better their future.
My view is I want to do too much. I want to make this country the best it can be, and there is so much potential. When the people tell me their government is rigged and controls each and every point of discussion and thought, I hope for the one day that people start to speak for their rights and demand a better pay for teachers, better environments for learning, more resources, more teacher training and just the simple right to be just like any other individual and to obtain the future that you desire.
That's all I ask for. Some betterment for the cute children I see everyday. I have high hopes, but really they aren't so high. I go to my classroom and put my everything into my own student's and I must be content with this.
The teachers in Egypt are full of energy, maybe in their first year of teaching that is. This seems to drop and drop, and fluctuates from day to day after their efforts seem to go unseen, unheard, and under valued.
The government don't appreciate the one person that is leading the country to a better position, and that is with our children. Education is one of the sole things that can not be forgotten about. If the children are not given the opportunity to learn, they will not yearn for other opportunities and you will have a lazy society that doesn't know how to work.
Egypt has many smart individuals and I see it first hand in their schools but where is the motivation to continue achieving and continue to study. Nowhere to be seen. It is almost more beneficial to get a job to support yourself than to go on with continuing study. But without the University there will be no real career, but a job to pay bills.
The University's don't seem to care about attendance as long as you meet the exam pass level you have completed university. There are no practical elements to teach people how to act and respond to real working situations and there is a complete lack of problem solving which means initiative is missing altogether. The one way to get this back is to educate children to solve their own problems, and not mouth feed the answers to exams that they need to memorise.
The problem lies in the respect that teachers receive in the society as their salary is lower than the rent and what about food. Out of 10 teachers I know only one or two of them doesn't have a second job. To survive as a teacher in Egypt you must have some other kind of salary to enable to continue. Holding a second job can drain your body, make you less prepared and less motivated to give your class your total attention.
How is it that we can take the opportunity away from children having the best possible education?
And these teachers I know are working in a 'private' school. We can not even discuss the situation in the public schools of Egypt. 60 children to a room. One-third actually opening their ears, and one-third are destined to stay in the house and clean, cook and marry to birth children. When in Australia we are talking about inclusive education to make all differences accepted and such other minor problems, some people in Egypt are still fighting for their right to be educated so they can better their future.
My view is I want to do too much. I want to make this country the best it can be, and there is so much potential. When the people tell me their government is rigged and controls each and every point of discussion and thought, I hope for the one day that people start to speak for their rights and demand a better pay for teachers, better environments for learning, more resources, more teacher training and just the simple right to be just like any other individual and to obtain the future that you desire.
That's all I ask for. Some betterment for the cute children I see everyday. I have high hopes, but really they aren't so high. I go to my classroom and put my everything into my own student's and I must be content with this.
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